You're a 5 Year Old

Every year for my kids birthdays we get pictures taken.

I have loved that tradition.

This year I am feeling broke and cheap at the same time

so I didn't go to a studio like we usually do.

I took Isabelle to the Joseph Smith Memorial building
to see what we could come up with.

It would have been better if Isabelle had smiled,
but I think we got some cute ones. 

It's sad to admit, but that really does look like a 5 year old.

She's becoming beautiful instead of cute.

She was in love with that chandelier.

"Mom, it's so pretty, I can't believe it!"

Thanks for the nice backdrop Salt Lake City.

She had to take her "Fancy Nancy" doll with a matching dress.

I had to limit the number of pictures Nancy could be in.

How many cities can you get a picture like this in?

Sometimes she felt like this about the pictures...

Sometimes she felt like this...

I always laugh histerically when I see a nativity scene too.

Welcome to being a big 5 year old Isabelle.

I am so excited to see what will be in store for you in this next year!



Wii Fit...Wii Wish!

I got the Wii Fit for Christmas this year.

Yesterday was the first time I got a chance to try it out. 

I think it is going to be pretty fun.

I am not sure I like the idea of my games being able to weigh me

and tell me what my BMI is.

When you turn it on it goes through a setup process and it has you

try out some basic balancing techniques.

I am not Jillian from Biggest Loser,

but I consider myself to be in somewhat good shape.

Of course not as good as before I had kids,

but I could hold my own in a tug of war.

After I did my balancing practice the little digital "me" says

"I don't think balancing is your forte."

SLAM!  What a little snob digital "me" has become.

That really hits you where it hurts.

If she told me "I don't think being a chemist or a professional opera singer is your forte", then I would have to agree.

Isn't balancing just one step above breathing and brushing your teeth?

I mean it's lower than walking in terms of physical fitness. 

It's a miracle I even manage to get out of bed in the mornings.

Come to think of it maybe my "me" has a point, sometimes

I do find getting out of bed to be difficult,

could it be my poor balancing skills are to blame?

I refuse to give up though. 

I pledge to work on it every day until snobby digital "me" has to eat her digital words.

At my funeral all of my friends will say

"She might not have been a genius, but that girl sure had good balance!"